By David Purdum, ESPN Nevada sports bettors wagered more — and lost more — than ever in 2014. The state’s 187 sportsbooks won $227.04 million off of the $3.90 billion wagered on sports in 2014. Both amounts are all-time records, according to Nevada Gaming Control. Football, per usual, carried the load. The sportsbooks won $113.73 […]
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• Damian Santana, left, and Aaron Santana show off the sculpture created bh Edwin Winslow for Sierra House Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe. The school motto is Sierra House Rocks. • The High Fives Foundation is giving Tahoe City resident Eric Zerrenner $8,560 to be used for medical transportation from Renown Medical Center in […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Nevadans may not be on the edge of financial disaster anymore, but their personal finances remain among the worst in the country, with many residents unable to “build a secure economic future,” a new report says. The state is racked by some of the highest rates of lousy consumer […]
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California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe on Feb. 2. Operations may take place near Tahoe City on Highway 28 between Rocky Ridge and Lake Forest, across from D.L. Bliss State Park near Meeks Meadow, Gardner Mountain near South Tahoe High School, Christmas […]
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If someone calls asking questions about Barton Health, it’s not a scam. Barton is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment survey by phone. The assessment is done every three years. The results will guide Barton Health and other local health and human service agencies on what is considered the community’s most pressing health needs. The survey takes between […]
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By Ski Area Management DENVER — There’s stoke, and then there is the opposite of stoke. When Bill Jensen, former CEO of Intrawest, told a crowd of nearly 400 ski industry executives that from his view, 150 ski areas were in “the sunset of their existence” and an additional 150 ski areas could also be out […]
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El Dorado County Board of Supervisors are urging Congress to reauthorize and fund the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. SRS expired Sept. 30, 2013, resulting in a loss of funding in 2014 and future years to support programs in schools and counties across the United States. California’s forested counties and the schools […]
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By Doni Bloomfield, Bloomberg Tim Tyrrell’s bosses wouldn’t pay for a standing desk, so he took matters into his own hands. The software engineer in Austin, Texas, used parts from Ikea for a makeshift desk to prop up his keyboard and monitor, letting him avoid the excessive sitting he had heard was bad for him. […]
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While gaming revenue declined throughout Nevada in 2014, local casinos ended the year on an up note. The statewide and December numbers were released Jan. 30 by the Gaming Control Board. Statewide the casinos took in just more than $11 billion in 2014, a 1.1 percent decline from 2013. The numbers had been increasing the […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Unclogging the congestion at Tahoe City’s Y, dealing with a seismically unfit bridge and providing more access points to the West Shore are the reasons the Tahoe Transportation District and others want to realign Highway 89. Three public hearings this month, the last one on Jan. 28 before the […]
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